Smoke shows three Brooklyn lives in cigar shop mosaic
Auster and Wang present a three story portrait of neighborhood life in Brooklyn through a cigar shop as the center. The film Smoke follows intersecting narratives in a literate mosaic exploring place time and personal moments in a gritty urban setting.
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Miramax Home Video
Paul Auster
Wayne Wang
Brooklyn
Augie Wren’s Shop Characters Gather in Brief Encounters
Aging shopkeeper Augie Wren drawn with a cast of vivid visitors. A widowed writer, a teen seeking his father, a former love with a rogue daughter, and a repentant man rub elbows in a neighborhood tale of healing and memory.
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Augie Wren
Harvey Keitel
William Hurt
Harold Perrineau Jr
Stockard Channing
Forrest Whitaker
Smoke The Stories We Tell Through Quiet Brooklyn Corners
Auster crafts a film where Augie photographs the same Brooklyn corner at the same hour daily. Whitaker delivers fiery compassion, Keitel wears weary gravity, and Channing bears past burdens in a strong ensemble. The movie blends poetic dialogue with languid pacing.
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Augie
Brooklyn
Auster
Whitaker
Keiter
Channing
Wang
Noonan hints at Babe II and human romance
Sydney Film Festival audience heard Chris Noonan discuss moving from animal centered Babe to a human cast romantic comedy. He teased a possible Babe II after 450 animals and said he plans new projects and script readings.
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Chris Noonan
Babe
Noonan
Local events list from Cranberry Township and nearby areas
The Comtra Theatre in Cranberry Township stages Never Too Late at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through June 29 with tickets at $9 and phone reservations at 776-4266. Twilight Tours at Pittsburgh Zoo run 6:30 to 9 p.m. on June 22 and Aug 10 17, admission $5 adults $4 children 2 to 13, call 665-3640 for details. PSYCHOTICA with Ve nus in Furs appears June 22 at Metropol with tickets $7.75 valid for all ages, call 391-1111. Billy Ray Cyrus and Daryl Ellis perform June 23 at Ponderosa Park Salem Ohio, tickets $20, call 800 203 7275.
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Comtra
Cranberry Township
Pittsburgh
Lron
Psychotica
Venus In Furs
Metropol
Billy Ray Cyrus
Daryl
Don Ellis
Ponderosa Park
Salem
Ohio
Scranton’s Houdini Museum Highlights Town Heritage
The Houdini Museum co owned by John Bravo and Dorothy Dietrich in Scranton showcases Houdini’s ties to the vaudeville era. Tours include a magic show and life story while local mines offer the Lackawanna Coal Mine tour. The mine tour reveals harsh conditions, dangers, and historical working life underground.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
John Bravo
Main Street
Bravo
Hocus Pocus Magazine
Dorothy Dietrich
Houdini
Hungary
Lackawanna
Seinfeld Keeps Seinfeld Style In Pittsburgh Show
Jerry Seinfeld performs at Heinz Hall in two sold out Pittsburgh shows sticking to his iconic Seinfeld persona with observational humor about life and family. Mario Joiner opens and gets laughs as Seinfeld tours during the mid year cycle.
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Erry
Jerry Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Heinz Hall
Pittsburgh
Jerry
TV Guide
Larry David
Florida
Mario Joiner
Jitney reflects Pittsburgh life at Public Theater
Stephen Henderson stars in August Wilsons Jitney at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. The 1971 setting follows a jitney company office with six drivers, the owner, a numbers writer, and love interests as it explores dreams and life in Pittsburghs Hill District amid ongoing revisions by Wilson.
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Stephen McKinley Henderson
August Wilson
Pittsburgh Public Theater
Hill District
Pittsburgh
Wilson
Henderson
Marion Isaac McClinton
Ric Evans
Anthony Chisholm
Cortez Nance Jr
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